Patents by Inventor Farrel D. JOHNSON

Farrel D. JOHNSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for the remote management of virtual network appliances
    Patent number: 9720718
    Abstract: An approach for remotely managing virtual network appliances (VNAs) includes establishing a management virtual circuit (VC) to a hypervisor running on a server at a customer premise, remotely deploying one or more VNAs to the hypervisor, and remotely managing the hypervisor and the one or more VNAs via the management VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Farrel D. Johnson, Rick L. Ogg, Joseph E. Hirschinger, Joseph E. Sheets
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL NETWORK APPLIANCES
    Publication number: 20150160961
    Abstract: An approach for remotely managing virtual network appliances (VNAs) includes establishing a management virtual circuit (VC) to a hypervisor running on a server at a customer premise, remotely deploying one or more VNAs to the hypervisor, and remotely managing the hypervisor and the one or more VNAs via the management VC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Farrel D. JOHNSON, Rick L. OGG, Joseph E. HIRSCHINGER, Joseph E. SHEETS